AI news Roundup: TCS keeps jobs with ChatGPT, Google hints at Imagen AI in Gboard, and Microsoft unveils telecom tools

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Mumbai's Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) says AI will not replace humans

The context for a job to be executed will be industry and customer-centric

• The introduction of platforms like ChatGPT has led to concerns on whether a trained human is needed at all to deliver the work which a technology company offers to clients.


• Milind Lakkad, the chief human resources officer (CHRO) of the country’s largest IT services firm that employs over 6 lakh people said such tools will help improve productivity, but not change the business models for companies.


• "It is not that jobs will get replaced, but the job definitions will change," said Lakkad.

Google may integrate its Imagen text-to-image AI in Gboard for Android

The Imagen AI system from Google is an open-source generative AI model that creates images from text prompts.

• The latest beta version of Gboard for Android contained traces of code that mention "Imagen Keyboard".


• OpenAI, creators of ChatGPT, also have a competing product in DALL-E 2, which like Imagen can create images based on requests.


• Reportedly, Google's data showed that people preferred the results Imagen gave them over DALL-E 2.

Microsoft introduces new AI tools for telecom networks

Microsoft has unveiled previews of two AI-powered services designed to manage telecom networks

• Operators can benefit from advanced artificial intelligence that helps to unlock new business opportunities from data on and insights into their operations -- including the rollout of high-speed 5G networks.


• The company has been keenly focused on AI, investing heavily in OpenAI's ChatGPT bot, which has added to the widespread attention artificial intelligence has been getting in Silicon Valley and beyond.


• Microsoft said last month it aimed to imbue such AI into all its products, as OpenAI continues to pursue the creation of human-like intelligence for machines.